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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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