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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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