MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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