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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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