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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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