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 is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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