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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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