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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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