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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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