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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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