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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
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 MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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