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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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