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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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