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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Aland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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