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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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