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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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