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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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