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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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