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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning enable
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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