MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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