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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily 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 numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Serbia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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