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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also studies the
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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