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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
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.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major 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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