MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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