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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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