MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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