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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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