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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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