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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also researches the
major 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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