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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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