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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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