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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education are empowering
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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