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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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