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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
