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
which
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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