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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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