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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate 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.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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