MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
digital education technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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