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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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