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
that
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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