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
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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