MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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