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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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