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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning are enabling
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and 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 MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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