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 is a
book
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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