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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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