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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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