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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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