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
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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