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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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