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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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