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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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