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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
online education make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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