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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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