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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
major 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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