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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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