MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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