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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mozambique to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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