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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
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