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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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