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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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