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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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