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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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