MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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