MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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