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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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