MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mali to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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