MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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