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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
distance learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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