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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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