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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
typically 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 a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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