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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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