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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kenya to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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