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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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