MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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