MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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