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
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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