MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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 MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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