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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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