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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
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.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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