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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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