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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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