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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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