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
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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