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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Macau to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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