MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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