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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
digital education technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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