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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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