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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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