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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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