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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education are empowering
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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