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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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