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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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