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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning enable
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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