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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
blended learning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also articulates 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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