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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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