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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants 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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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