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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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