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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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