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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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