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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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