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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
most important 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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