MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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