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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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