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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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