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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
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.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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