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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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