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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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