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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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