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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
elearning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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