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
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
online education make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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