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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly 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.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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