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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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