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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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