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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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