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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
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.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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