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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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