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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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