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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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