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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
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.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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