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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
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