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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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