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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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