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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
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