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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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