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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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