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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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