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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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