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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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