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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Wake Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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