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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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