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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes 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.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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