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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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