MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
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.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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