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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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