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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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