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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
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.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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