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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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