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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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