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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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