MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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