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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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