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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peru to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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