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 is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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