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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning enable
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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