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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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