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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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