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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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