MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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