MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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