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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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