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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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