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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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