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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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