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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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