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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning are empowering
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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