MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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