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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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