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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are considering
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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