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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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