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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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