MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are empowering
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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