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
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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