MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
digital education technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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