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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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