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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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