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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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