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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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