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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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