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
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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