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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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