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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
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 online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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