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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes 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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