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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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