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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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