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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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