MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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