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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
elearning enable
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
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