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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning enable
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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