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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Aland to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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