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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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