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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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