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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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