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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
online learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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