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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Libya to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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