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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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