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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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