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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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