MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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