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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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