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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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