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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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