MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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