MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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