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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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