MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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