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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with 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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