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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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