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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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