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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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