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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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