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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take 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.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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