MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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