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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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