MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students 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.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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