MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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