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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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