MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
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.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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