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 is a
book
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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