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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education are empowering
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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