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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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