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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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