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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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