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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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