MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also researches 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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