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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
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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