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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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