MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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