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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Palau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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