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 is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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