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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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