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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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