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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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