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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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