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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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