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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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