MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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