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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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