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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students 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 several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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