MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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