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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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