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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education have made it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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