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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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