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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
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 several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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