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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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