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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning have empowered
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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