MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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