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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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