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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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