MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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