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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online education are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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