MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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