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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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