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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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