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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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