MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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