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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important 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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