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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
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.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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