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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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