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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
e-learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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