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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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