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 is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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