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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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