MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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