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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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