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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
important new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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