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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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