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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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