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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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