MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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