MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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