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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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