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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
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 educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Romania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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