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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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