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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
make sure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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