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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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