MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
distance learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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