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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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