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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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