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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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