MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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