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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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