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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
major 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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