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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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