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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Libya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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