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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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