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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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