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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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