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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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