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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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