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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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