MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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