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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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