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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with 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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