MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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