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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
online education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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