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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Spain to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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