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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
online education have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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