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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Argentina to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important 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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