MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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