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 Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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