MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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