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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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