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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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