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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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