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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
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