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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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