MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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