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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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