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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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