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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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