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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jersey to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
key 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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