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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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