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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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