MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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