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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
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.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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