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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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