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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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