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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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