MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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