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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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