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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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