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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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