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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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