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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning enable
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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