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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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