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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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