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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
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