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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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