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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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