MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
electronic education technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Togo to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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