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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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