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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning enable
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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