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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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