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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
elearning are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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