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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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