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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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