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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
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 several
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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