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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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