MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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