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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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