MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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