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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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