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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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