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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
blended learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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