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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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