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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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