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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cameroon to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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