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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online education are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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