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
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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