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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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