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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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