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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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