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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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