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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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