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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
digital education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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