MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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