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
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Anguilla to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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