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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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