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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
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
massively open online courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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