MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This 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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