MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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