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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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