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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
learning technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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