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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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