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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
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 classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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