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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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