MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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