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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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