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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Anguilla to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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