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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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