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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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