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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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