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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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