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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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