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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online learning have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Swaziland to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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