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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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