MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are considering
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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