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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
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 quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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