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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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