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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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