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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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