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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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