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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online education technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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