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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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