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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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