MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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