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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
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 massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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