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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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