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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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