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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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