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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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