MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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