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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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