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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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