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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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