MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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