MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes 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
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Latvia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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