MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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