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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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