MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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