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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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