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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
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 different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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