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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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