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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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