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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students 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.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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