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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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