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
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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