MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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