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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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