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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning enable
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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