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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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