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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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