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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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