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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
e-learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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