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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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