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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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