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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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