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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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