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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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