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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important 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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