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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
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.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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