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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
People want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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