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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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