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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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