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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macedonia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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