MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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