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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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