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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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