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
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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