MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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