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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning are enabling
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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