MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses 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.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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