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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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