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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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