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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online education have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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