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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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