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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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