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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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