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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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