MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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