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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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