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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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