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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Norway to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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