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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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