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
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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