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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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