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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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