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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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