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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
distance learning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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