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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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