MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online learning have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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