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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
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