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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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