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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take 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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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