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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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