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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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