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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning have empowered
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners 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
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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