MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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