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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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