MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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