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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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