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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tajikistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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