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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are considering
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand 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 subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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