MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology enable
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
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 massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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