MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
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
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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