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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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