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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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