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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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