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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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