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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
initiatives.
People want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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