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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pakistan to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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