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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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