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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important 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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