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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
India to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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