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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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