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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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