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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
elearning have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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