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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also reviews the
key 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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