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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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