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
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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