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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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