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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning 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 teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Chad to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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