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
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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