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 Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
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.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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