MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
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
topics that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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