MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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