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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
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.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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