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
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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