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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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