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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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