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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
commonly 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 quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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