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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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