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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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