MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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