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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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