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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
online education are empowering
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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