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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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