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 Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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