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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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