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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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