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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education are empowering
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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