MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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