MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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