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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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