MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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