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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning enable
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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