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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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