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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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