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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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