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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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