MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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