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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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