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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Andorra to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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