MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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