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 is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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