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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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