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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Italy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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