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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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