MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
elearning enable
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students 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 a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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