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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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