MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
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 stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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